Mop



May 26, 1936. P. EHRMANTROUT MOP Filed July 2, 1935 FIG.

Patented May 26, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE 4 Claims.

My invention relates to household cleaning and polishing devices of the mop type comprising a holder and a renewable cover or head of cloth or suitable fibrous material.

The objects of the invention are to improve the holder to adapt it to be used with any rectangular piece of textile material or special woven cord covering; to enable the covering to be removed and replaced with facility; to prevent scratching or marring floors, furniture and wooden or metal trim, baseboards, doors and other objects commonly found in dwellings and other buildings where mops are used for cleaning purposes; and in general to provide an improved mopconstruction at low cost and having great durability.

Further aims and advantages of the invention appear in the following description of an illustrative embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of the mop handle and holder;

Fig. 2 is a view of the cover retaining means;

Fig. 3 is a view of the holder end of the mop handle and a piece of suitable mop material partly folded around it;

Fig, 4 is a similar view showing the mop material folded around the holder and with the retaining means applied to hold it in place; and

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the mop material turned down over the retaining means to cover it and protect all metal parts of the mop holder from contact with objects which the mop may touch when in use.

In the device illustrated, the permanent part of the mop comprises a wire or cast metal frame I formed in a loop to present a pair of oppositely disposed notches 2 for receiving the mop material and retaining means. The frame may be secured by means of a metal ferrule or screw socket 3 to the handle 4, or the parts may be fastened together in any convenient manner as by welding, brazing, soldering or pinning, depending upon the kind of handle used.

A coil spring 5, having a hook and loop fastening at its ends, is advantageously used for securing the mop material 5 in place, the spring being placed around the folded material to encircle it in the region of the notches 2 as illustrated in Fig. 4 and its ends snapped or hooked together. The material is thereafter folded back from the handle end over the encircling spring and the 'material held thereby to cover the spring and form double thicknesses of material around the end of the mop frame, protecting the latter as far as the shoulders I from direct contact with the floor and other objects that the mop may touch in use.

Any desired kind of absorbent, fibrous or textile material may be used for the mop covering by cutting or tearing it to a suitable size to fold around the holder as described; and one kind of material may be readily replaced by another kind as and when desired by reversing the folding process.

Thus the mop may be used for washing, cleaning, dusting, polishing or other purpose by applying a suitable covering, and when the covering becomes worn or dirty it may readily be replaced. The metal parts and handle are substantial and not easily damaged.

The advantages and uses of mops embodying my invention will be apparent to every housekeeper and shopkeeper, and it may be made and sold at low cost.

The invention is not restricted to the embodiment illustrated, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A mop comprising a rigid metal holder of loop shape having reentrant portions forming notches on opposite sides and flexible material folded around the holder and retained in place by an encircling band engaging said notches, said flexible material being folded down over the encircling band to cover and protect it and the end of the holder.

2. A holder for a mop of the household type consisting of a handle provided at one extremity with a loop shape frame having opposed reentrant portions forming notches, and a spring Wire band for encircling said frame at said notches, said band having readily disengageable securing means at its ends.

3. A household mop of the character described having a fixed head portion comprising a wire loop substantially in the plane of the handle of greatest width at its extremity, said wire loop being bent to present recesses on each side adjacent its extremity, and a removable retaining member adapted to surround and engage in said recesses to confine flexible mop material wrapped around the head portion between said retaining member and head.

4. A household mop of the character described having a fixed head portion of generally flat shape substantially in the plane of the handle and of greatest width at its extremity, opposed recessed portions adjacent its extremity, and a coil spring having disengageable means at its ends for securing them together, said coil spring being adapted to surround said head in a plane transverse to the plane thereof and engage in said recessed portion to confine flexible mop material wrapped around the head portion between said retaining member and head.

PAULINE EHRMANTROUT. 

